Gabriela Rousse could not enter the main draw of Roland Garros, our athlete lost in the second round of qualification to Gret Minnen, ranking 119th in the world.

Gabriela RusePhoto: Paul Crock/AFP/Profimedia

Gabriela Ruse was defeated by Grete Minnen in the Roland Garros qualifier

The 25th seeded athlete from Belgium defeated Gabriela (156 WTA) in two sets after an hour and 23 minutes of play with a score of 6-4, 6-1.

To know:

  • Also on Wednesday, Miriam Bulgaru lost in the second round of qualifying to Kayla Day (138 WTA), 6-4, 6-1.
  • Romania has four players directly qualified for the main draw at Roland Garros: Iryna Begu (27 WTA), Sorana Kirstia (31 WTA), Ana Bohdan (60 WTA) and Patricia Sieg (721 WTA, protected ranking rule used).

The Roland Garros tournament takes place from May 28 to June 11, has a total prize pool of 49.6 million euros, and is the 127th tournament. Iga Sviatek and Rafael Nadal (14-time winner in Paris) became the champions of the title.